Railway stations in Angola
Railway stations in Angola include:
Towns served by rail[]
North line (Luanda Railway) (CFL)[]
(Also known as Luanda Railway[1]) (originally 1000 mm gauge, now 1067 mm gauge)
- Luanda – port – national capital; junction
- Funda
- Cabiri – branch terminus
- Sambizanga
- Rangel
- Cazenga – workshops
- Viana (23 km) – suburban station; stadium[5]
- (junction)
- Baía Farta branch terminus; end of duplication[4]
- Camizunzo
- Catete
- Zenza do Itombe – junction
- Canhoca – junction
- – branch terminus
- N'dalatando
- Cacuso
- Lombe
- Malanje (479 km) – terminus
- Golungo Alto – branch terminus
- Cazenga – workshops
- Luinha – short branch
- Luanda
- Barra do Dande proposed new port[7]
Middle line[]
(610mm gauge = closed)
- Porto Amboim – port
- Gabela – terminus at mine
Central line (Benguela Railway) (CFB)[]
(all 1067 mm gauge)
- Lobito – port and terminus
- Catumbela – junction of original route (now Benguela branch) with 1948 deviation
- Benguela – port, terminus of branch line since 1948
- Catengue – on steeply graded section of original route which was bypassed and abandoned in 1948
- Caimbambo – end of 1948 deviation
- Cubal – 171 km
- Ganda
- Caála – junction of Cuima branch
- Huambo – (380 km) (was Nova Lisboa) – workshops[8]
- Chinguar
- Kuito
- Camacupa
- Cuemba
- Chicala
- Luena[9]
- Luacano junction for proposed short cut rail line to Zambian copper mines[10]
- Luau – (1269 km) – border with DRCongo
- Dilolo, Congo Kinshasa
- Caála – junction
- Cuima – branch terminus, line formerly continued to a mine at the Cunhangamua river
- Benguela line junction
South Line (Moçâmedes Railway) (CFM)[]
(originally 600 millimetres (2 ft 0 in) gauge,[11] converted to 1,067 millimetres (3 ft 6.0 in) gauge in the 1950s.)
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- Caraculo – concrete sleeper plant in 2008
- Lubango – junction
- Chibia – yards
- Chiange – branch terminus (150 km) which may be extended to link with Namibia.
- Cuvelai
- Ondjiva – provincial capital
- Cuto
- (Unknown location)
- Namialo – concrete sleeper plant.[13]
Proposed[]
Northern[]
- would build the following:[7][14]
- Luanda through the provinces of Bengo, Uíge, Zaire and Cabinda[15]
- Luena
- Luau
- Matadi
- junction with Matadi-Kinshasa Railway
- includes road-rail Matadi Bridge over Congo River in Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Cabinda Province exclave
- Pointe Noire- Brazzaville.[16]
Central North[]
Central (Benguela line)[]
Central South[]
Southern[]
- Dongo – junction
- Chamutete railhead in south; also spelled Tchamutete.
- Cuvelai
- Ondjiva – provincial capital
- Namacunde
- Cassinga
- Cuvango
- – near border with Namibia
- Oshikango, Namibia – (Angola-Namibia border)[21]
- Ondangwa railhead in north of Namibia[22]
Maps[]
- UN Map
- ReliefWeb Map at the Library of Congress Web Archives (archived 2006-03-13)
- UNHCR Map
See also[]
- Railway stations in Congo Brazzaville
- Railway stations in Congo Kinshasa
- Transport in Angola
- Railway stations in Namibia
References[]
- ^ "Angola: Repair of Luanda Railway Complete in August". Angola Press Agency (Luanda). 22 January 2008. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
- ^ Africa, Railways (27 July 2015). "LUANDA TRACK DOUBLING" (in en-za). Retrieved 5 July 2017.
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: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ^ Africa, Railways (27 July 2015). "LUANDA PROJECTIONS" (in en-za). Retrieved 5 July 2017.
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: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ^ a b "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 26 October 2014. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Africa, Railways (27 July 2015). "CFL puts into operation two new hourly trains" (in en-za). Retrieved 5 July 2017.
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: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ^ "Google Maps". Google Maps. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
- ^ a b Africa, Railways (27 July 2015). "ANGOLAN INTERNATIONAL RAIL LINKS" (in en-za). Retrieved 5 July 2017.
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: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ^ "Home". Railways Africa. 3 August 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
- ^ "Across Africa By Rail". Mikes.railhistory.railfan.net. 10 June 1929. Retrieved 27 October 2010.
- ^ a b RailwaysAfrica #4 2014, p. 06
- ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 2 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 39–40.[verification needed] .
- ^ Africa, Railways (27 July 2015). "TEN ANGOLAN STATIONS INAUGURATED" (in en-za). Retrieved 5 July 2017.
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: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ^ RailwaysAfrica 5/2013 p. 20
- ^ Africa, Railways (27 July 2015). "INTERNATIONAL LINKS FOR ANGOLAN RAILWAYS" (in en-za). Retrieved 5 July 2017.
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: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ^ "Home". Railways Africa. 3 August 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
- ^ "OT Africa Line – Angola". Otal.com. 1 July 2004. Retrieved 27 October 2010.
- ^ a b Railway Gazette International September 2012, p. 42
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 April 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2012.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "PMAESA – New railway line to link Zambia and Angola". www.pmaesa.org. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 17 October 2010. Retrieved 22 January 2012.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "klausdierks.com". klausdierks.com. Retrieved 27 October 2010.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 23 October 2014. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
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